2010-01-01 11:37:00 PST -- A wrong-way driver caused a crash on southbound state Highway 17 this morning that left at least one person dead in unincorporated Santa Cruz County near Santa Cruz, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The crash was reported at 4:13 a.m. on southbound Highway 17 just north of state Highway 1, according to the CHP.

At least one person was killed in the crash, which was caused by a driver who was traveling north in the southbound lanes before colliding with at least one other vehicle, according to the CHP.